Faith Services Team Leader

Job Introduction

HMP Addiewell is recruiting for a Faith Services Team Leader who will cater for a variety of faiths with in the 700 prisoner population. The Faith Team focuses on delivering faith services in a responsive fashion.  Reporting to the Head of Case Management the role is diverse, thought-provoking and challenging/rewarding in equal measure.

Addiewell opened in 2008 and has become an integral part of the Scottish Prison Service estate earning much praise for our innovation, use of technology, strong partnership working as well as our “can do” culture.

We have an effective prisoner peer support model, in which prisoners assist staff in the delivery of classes, programmes and activities becoming positive role models for others.HM Prison Addiewell is a high security prison, with a focus on enabling those in its care to change their life pathway. We have a strong and concerted focus on supporting prisoners to address their offending behaviour through delivery of programmes and working with a range of professionals including prison custody officers. We deliver relevant skills via training and employment and work with all areas of the wider community to ensure that prisoners have the best possible chance of leading positive lives following release. 

For more information on working in Justice within Sodexo please see Careers in Justice and HMP Addiewell

Role Responsibility

• To lead the prison Faith Services team 
• Provide personal, moral and spiritual guidance and support for prisoners and staff 
• Ensure that any and all procedures relating to faith provision are met.  
• To engender and foster an awareness, understanding and acceptance of multi-faith and multi-cultural needs across the Faith Services team and the prison as a whole 
• Assist with resettlement processes and give advice and support 
• Develop and maintain links with faith communities, particularly those in prisoners' home areas 
• Treat others with respect, dignity and decency

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description

The Ideal Candidate

Experience required:

• Appropriate experience in the delivery of religious services, ideally in a custodial environment that reflects the necessitation’s of the predominant faiths of the prisoner population
• Will have proven experience and skills in pastoral care and pastoral leadership, including crisis events
• Must have working knowledge of other faiths represented within a prison to enable them to work in a multi faith environment
• Have a proven high level of professionalism and competence in religious leadership to bring to the role

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to work under pressure; think clearly and act decisively.
• Good personal organisation skills.
• Good listening and communication skills.
• Good problem solving skills.
• Team Player

Package Description

Salary - £34,500 pa plus excellent benefits (including free meals and parking, group discount schemes and pension with 28 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays)

37.5 hours per week 

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

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